Health

A WESTER Ross village hopes to be well prepared for the phased return of tourism and summer visitors as the coronavirus lockdown eases.

There have been no additional confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Highlands in the past 24 hours, new figures have shown.

A WESTER Ross community has come together to plan a coordinated bid to respond to and recover from the Covid-19 crisis.

The UK government’s handling of a plan for quarantine free travel has been branded “shambolic” by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

NHS Highland has not recorded any new positive tests for Covid-19 in the past five days.

DR Tim Allison was previously director of public health in the East Riding of Yorkshire, working both within local government and for the NHS.

THE Café Rouge restaurant at Inverness Airport is set to close after the owner called in administrators.

FOUR days have now passed since the NHS Highland area last reported a positive test for Covid-19.

ACTIONS by the Prime Minister's father to ignore international travel rules during lockdown "stink of one rule for them, another for us", says an MP.

The search is on to find the best home gym created during the cornavirus lockdown.

THE Highlands have now gone three days without confirming any fresh Covid-19 cases.

FERRY passengers have been urged to wear face coverings aboard CalMac vessels, as the transport giant begins to increase services.

TESCO has donated 20,837 meals of surplus food in Ross-shire, the supermarket revealed today as it reached 50 million donated meals across the UK.

Scotland has recorded its first confirmed deaths from Covid-19 in four days but the First Minister remains positive about the overall trend in cases.

THE Highlands have recorded just one positive test for Covid-19 in the past week, according to the latest data.

An online petition is calling for changes to mental health services in Scotland.

Scotland has seen a fourth day in a row without any deaths from a confirmed case of Covid-19, according to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

THE Highlands and far north have gone the past 24 hours without recording any fresh positive tests for Covid-19.

A VOLUNTEER-led initiative has been looking out for a community in Ross-shire during the coronavirus restrictions.

THE Highlands' four day run without fresh positive tests for Covid-19 has ended after it registered one of eight newly-confirmed cases in Scotland.